Which committee conducted investigations into abuses by US intelligence agencies in the 1970s?

• A. Pike Committee
• B. Senate Watergate Committee
• C. Church Committee
• D. Warren Commission

Answer: (C)

Investigations into abuses by U.S. intelligence agencies in the 1970s were led by a Senate committee chaired by Frank Church. This body, known for its thorough scrutiny of CIA, FBI, and other intelligence activities, uncovered illegal surveillance, covert actions, and abuses that had gone unchecked. Its findings helped spur major reforms and stricter oversight of intelligence operations. While there were other inquiries around the same era—one in the House led by Otis Pike and famous investigations into Watergate by a separate Senate panel, and the Warren Commission looking into the JFK assassination—the Church Committee is the one most closely associated with exposing and examining abuses by intelligence agencies in that decade.